L' Île Maurice

• population- 1.1million
• capital- Port Louis
• religion- 535,028 Hindu(52%), 172,047 Muslim(16.6%), 343,395 Christian(28.3%), 6,190 other(3.1%)
• language- write in English and most people understand creole, no real language
• climate-
• history- became part of France in 1775, was important during wars with the British
• geography- island, lots of volcanoes,
• Natural resources- sugar-cane, molasses, textiles, metals, chemicals, machinery
• economy- was based on sugar-cane in 1825, now it is still sugar but is also based on tourisim .
• Culture- dancing and music, but when danceing women and men can not kiss or touch
• food- based off of Chinese food, eat a lot of rice with red meat and veggies
• plants/animals- dodo bird
• exports- tobacco, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, tea, bananas
• life exspectancy- men= 66 years women= 75 years
• clothing- lightweight and very colorful
• video link-http://youtu.be/79A2i_45Wew